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  1. zoom Mobetter
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Mobetter 8 days ago

    Groovy colours.

  2. zoom Restaurant Icons
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Restaurant Icons 8 days ago

    Love the icons… The chicken especially!

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Launch Center Pro app icon 8 days ago

    I agree with @Daniel Jalkut about the top of the window on the rocket. Really, really nice icon.

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Fruit Punch iOS App Icon 8 days ago

    This is exceptionally hot. Really love the glass.

  5. Pro Marc_profile_photo Followed Julien Renvoye. 9 days ago
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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Stencil 10 days ago

    Love it. Release ETA? Excellent work.

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Towers 10 days ago

    Would be a great style for a game. Reminds me of Populous, in a very good way.

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Hipstamatic Icon 10 days ago

    Amazing lighting and textures. Nice work.

  9. Pro Marc_profile_photo Followed Asa Miller. 13 days ago
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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Farscape Pulse Pistol 15 days ago

    Great shading!

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on Retina iPhone Tabbar Detail - Mobile Design 24 days ago

    Awesome.

    Also, it's 4:45AM... time for some sleep, or can we expect a few more shots before 6AM?

  13. zoom The Announcement
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on The Announcement 26 days ago

    Awesome news. Exciting times!

  14. zoom 1 Layer Mona Lisa
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Mona Lisa 27 days ago

    @Sebastian Hager, @Joachim Löfstedt and @Muhammad El Melegy  Thank you.

    @Maxime Giguère Yeah. While mostly pointless, some of these tricks have value.

  15. zoom 1 Layer Chainsaw
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Chainsaw 27 days ago

    @Jerry Gabra Oops. Yeah, that was part of a first attempt that didn't work out so well.

  16. zoom 1 Layer Mona Lisa
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Mona Lisa 28 days ago

    @Jeff King Thank you :)

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Mona Lisa 28 days ago

    We don't do work for hire at Bjango, so I guess the question is: How much time do I waste while I could be doing other, more productive things?

    A bit, but some of the gains I've made from experimenting have sped up my workflow massively. I think it's important to dedicate some time to learning your tools and trying crazy things.

    In particular, using less layers in your Photoshop document can have massive benefits. I'd never do anything like this specific shot, but some of the other tricks used for the 1 Layer shots by myself and others may just shave some serious time or complexity from your next real document.

    Having said that, you won't want to lower the number of layers just for the sake of it. The quality of the results should be the first priority.

  18. zoom 1 Layer Mona Lisa
    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Mona Lisa 28 days ago

    Here’s how it was done.

    1. Open up a photo of the Mona Lisa.
    2. Scale to exactly 10× the final size (4000×3000 pixels).
    3. Convert to greyscale.
    4. Create a halftone with a dot size of 10px and 90º angle.
    5. Select the white areas using the channels panel.
    6. Use Make Work Path in the paths panel.
    7. Create a gradient layer using the converted path.
    8. Scale back down to 400×300.

    It works because paths that only take up a portion of a pixel are antialiased. In theory, it should be possible to create a far better greyscale image that I've done here. I was going to draw it all by hand, which would have meant I could control the exact percentage the vector path filled each pixel. Easy to do, but would have taken a very, very long time. So, I opted for a dirtier method, but at least I didn't have to create the path by hand.

    Also, I’m not sure the 10px and 90º angle for the halftone was a good choice. The document is a bit slow to work with, so I didn’t experiment too much with different settings. Ideally, you’d want one circle for each 10×10 area, but that's not how the halftone filter works.

    The gradient fill works as you’d expect. The layer style stroke provides the background. A gradient layer style was used to lighten the face.

    To speed up working everything out, I converted the vector path back to a bitmap layer — command-click on the vector path to get the alpha data, create a new gradient layer, then create a bitmap mask from the selection. Visually identical, but far, far faster to work with. That let me set up the gradient and styles exactly as they needed to be, without having to wait for Photoshop.

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    If someone has the time, some of the techniques used for the other 1 layer Dribbble shots could be combined with this technique, giving some pretty crazy single vector layer results.

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    Pro Marc_profile_photo Commented on 1 Layer Mona Lisa 28 days ago

    Haha. That’s just the copy protection, built into the PSD. You think I’m giving you the source, but I’m not really.